Lithium-ion batteries [electronic resource] : advances and applications / [editor] Gianfranco Pistoia.

Reviews the applications of Lithium-ion batteries in both the portable and industrial world, with a focus on safety, cost, reliability, and recycling. Pistoia's Lithium-ion Batteries features an in-depth desciption of different Lithium-ion applications, including important feastures such as safety and reliability. This title allows readers to get acquainted with the numerous and often consumer-oriented applications of this widespread battery type. Lithium-Ion Batteries also explores the concepts of nanostructured materials, as well as the importance of battery-management systems. This handbook is an invaluable resource for electrochemical engineers and battery and fuel cell experts working anywhere from research institutions and universities, to a worldwide array of diverse professional industies.--Provided by publisher.